{"id":"01KG6S4CPSTQ9W3J90BBE0R68J","cid":"bafkreia5i3ix7b5tczxsf3p6tw442vy6jptseowfdczd2f2pxvog2tk5pi","type":"chapter","properties":{"description":"# # SNAKE-SPEAKS\n## Overview\nThis entity is a chapter titled \"# SNAKE-SPEAKS\" from a collection of poetry. It contains sonnets, indicated by the page numbers \"61\" and \"62\" within the text, and the surrounding context of sonnet collections. The chapter was extracted from a PDF file and is part of a larger digital workflow.\n\n## Context\nThe chapter \"# SNAKE-SPEAKS\" is included within the larger work \"[Venus and Adonis, Lucrece, Sonnets, and Pericles (Facsimile Editions)](arke:01KG6S3KNZT62WVVW4VT384KPF)\". This collection appears to be a scholarly compilation of Shakespeare's works, presented in facsimile editions. The chapter was extracted from the file \"[pdf-01KG6Q7Q25RHMFT3SJXPV18VFF.txt](arke:01KG6S2X2EBB305ENM00G16GWA)\" and is part of the \"[PDF Workflow Main Test 2026-01-30T00:26:53](arke:01KG6NWQ2H2K4PGG7H4ZHYCZ3Y)\" collection. It is preceded by the chapter titled \"[# SONNERS.](arke:01KG6S4CPXQEEHHAK0HY8ZMAAV)\" and followed by the chapter titled \"[# S O N N E T S.](arke:01KG6S4CPSDGWC446S5Q0DZJKZ)\".\n\n## Contents\nThe text of \"# SNAKE-SPEAKS\" contains two sonnets. The first sonnet, beginning with \"Crawles to maturity, wherewith being crown'd,\" reflects on the passage of time and the enduring nature of verse. The second sonnet, starting with \"Inne of selfe-loue possesseth al mine cie,\" explores themes of self-admiration and the perception of one's own beauty, particularly in relation to a mirror. The text includes page numbers \"61\" and \"62\", indicating its place within a larger sequence of poems.","description_generated_at":"2026-01-30T06:26:23.625Z","description_model":"gemini-2.5-flash-lite","description_title":"# SNAKE-SPEAKS","end_line":11357,"extracted_at":"2026-01-30T06:23:29.732Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"# SNAKE-SPEAKS","source_file":"01KG6S2X2EBB305ENM00G16GWA","start_line":11312,"text":"# SNAKE-SPEAKS\n\nCrawles to maturity, wherewith being crown'd,\nCrooked eclipses gainst his glory fight,\nAnd time that'gout, doth now his gift confound.\nTime doth transfuse the florish set on youth,\nAnd deluce the parallels in beauties brow,\nFeedes on the rarities of natures truth,\nAnd nothing stands but for his fieth to mow.\nAnd yet to times in hope, my verse shall stand\nPraising thy worth, disright his cruel hand.\n\n61\n\nIs it thy wil, thy Image should keepe open\nMy heavy eicids to the weary night?\nDost thou desire my flumbers should be broken,\nWhile shadows like to three do mocke my fight?\nIs it thy spirit that thou send'st from thee\nSo farre from home into my deeds to prye,\nTo find out shames and idle houses in me,\nThe skope and tenure of thy Icloufic?\nO no, thy loue though much, is not so great,\nIt is my loue that keeps mine cie awake,\nMine owne true loue that doth my rest defeat,\nTo plaie she watch-man euer for thy sake,\nFor thee watch I, whilst thou dost wake elsewhere,\nFrom me farre of, with others all to neere.\n\n62\n\nS Inne of selfe-loue possesseth al mine cie,\nAnd all my soule, and all my curry part;\nAnd for this sinne there is no remedie,\nIt is so grounded inward in my heart.\nMe thinks no face so gratious is as mine,\nNo shape so true, no truth of such account,\nAnd for my selfe mine owne worth do define,\nAs I all other in all worths surmount.\nBut when my glasse she was me my selfe indeed\nBeated and chop with tand antiquitie,\nMine owne selfe loue quite contrary I scad\n\nSelfe\n\n<!-- [Page 514](arke:01KG6QKCXWEA7MVGAJJT9S9V5S) -->","title":"# SNAKE-SPEAKS"},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG6S3KNZT62WVVW4VT384KPF","peer_type":"poetry_collection","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG6S2X2EBB305ENM00G16GWA","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG6NWQ2H2K4PGG7H4ZHYCZ3Y","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG6S4CPXQEEHHAK0HY8ZMAAV","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"prev"},{"peer":"01KG6S4CPSDGWC446S5Q0DZJKZ","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"next"}],"ver":3,"created_at":"2026-01-30T06:23:31.033Z","ts":"2026-01-30T06:26:23.843Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF5C36SQEVDHC9CBNZZJH9K"}}